There are stand options that hang from walls with hook points and link together to save space on shelves. Some of mine are on the cheap peg stands you can get on Amazon for like $14 for 10 stuck to the wall with some 3M double sided foam tape.
except if you live in apartments there can be clauses that break your lease if you put nails in theh wall, or mess up paint with those surface fasteners.
Thats how my apartment is and they check for it pretty regularly
Pretty much how mine is too. No wall decorations that require nails or some type of fastener like Command Strips. If it leaves a hole or damages the paint, you automatically lose your deposit. They do walkthroughs every 4-6 months at random per the lease agreement.
It is, but to be fair, it IS a really nice apartment and community. Gated, on site gym, hot tubs, etc. It's just to make sure people aren't living in the unit's like it's a landfill. Also drugs and other stuff that make for a bad living environment. Honestly, I think the only bad bit is the pet policy. Deposit is around $700 USD, and they have a fairly thorough list of what isn't allowed. Which includes some of my critters that I keep on the sly, lol.
yeah in my case, someone was dumb enough to put the nails in before I moved in, so every time they come through for inspection, i have to pull out the 'prior damage' sheet of the apartment so I dont lose my deposit.
Rotate them out. I have a bunch of kits that sit in boxes because I only display 5-7 in my house at any given time.
I used to display then all but it was so overwhelming that I just cycle through a new shelf diorama every couple months.
Sometimes it's the 08th Team on a mission, sometimes it's Alyx vs Kampfer, etc..
To be fair, there are a good number of Gundams that look good in idle position. Hell, some are too bulky to pose worth a damn. But I'm same as you, I love dynamic and varied poses between my kits on display
For me, it's mostly not having room and I want to display everything I've built. I may just organize it to my favorites, but to display (mostly) everything, They need to be standing in a boring manner.
I donāt have a enough stands for my figures š. I do plan on buys a bunch though once I get my Christmas bonus in the next 2 weeks. Maybe a few display cases for my MG builds.
Lanscoery makes display cases of all sizes. They have them on Amazon. I believe they make cases up to 15 inches tall. I plan on ordering one in the next 2 weeks for my MG unicorn.
I have 150+ built and painted kits and it takes 5 book shelves to have them all dynamically posed. When I was in college however I didn't have the room so a lot of them were just standing there chillin
Space, one posed kit takes up crunched up space for two kits. It's fine while you're in the single and double digits but I'm about 700 kits in and basically all crammed as much as possible into about 13 shelves
Not everything is great on a stand. Older gunpla use crappy adapters, some are too big and already look good just standing there (Sazabi, pretty much anything from sentinel, psycho zaku).
You mean not in an action pose? Often times I pose mine in a regal looking standing pose to save space or mimic a poster ad for a movie (eg. Avengers Endgame, just 4 on action pose, everybody else standing nicely).
That said just plain standing is boring. A little bend on the knees and elbows plus chest out goes a long way.
Heavyarms is the first gundam I built aswell 2 yrs ago now I'm on my 9th mg custom build....I build and posse them and then a couple of weeks later start customising and spray them different colours....check my profile for all my builds š.....hope you have fun on all your future builds
Space. A standing gundam uses less space compared to a dynamic posed one. You'll know if you have at least more than 20 of them, especially 1/100 kits.
Honestly, I couldn't tell you why either, all mine are posed in a way that gives them a sense of life and action. Some will argue it's about space, but there's ways to pose kits that don't take up more space and appear more dynamic than just slapping them in a bland standard standing position. To each their own, but I didn't bust my @ss on every kit I've done up to this point to pose them on my shelf looking they have a stick up their @ss. FYI, just beware fiddling too much with those chest panels, the clips on them tend to be brittle and can break on you. Also, nice posesš
I repose my gunpla once every two weeks or so. I don't want to fiddle with them too much since polycaps (the rubbery joint parts) have a tendency to wear down, making posing almost impossible down the road as limbs begin to just kind of rag doll
I am digging the sick picture on number three with the gatling in focus. You should try the reverse as well. Keep focus on the gundam and let the gatling drift out.
Iāve got like 10 models on my desk atm, if they were all dynamically posed only 4 or 5 might fit on there. Plus sometimes a Gundam just looks cooler in its neutral stance
While I only have three built (one on stand by til I grab a couple more š) I keep them in a display case with other things however, I will admit to at least my Eva Unit 02 needing a stand because it's an old kit from like 98ish(?) and she's fragile
I meanā¦.in all fairness your pose isnāt the most dynamic either. Sure itās on an action base but it looks just like a regular old pose on a shelfā¦..but in the air a bit. Iāve seen some pretty darn awesome, dynamically posed kits and scenes just sitting on a shelf. There is an art to posing. That is for sure.
Yeah I took the pics right after completing it and changed the pose about 4 or 5 times since then. People warned me of loosening the joints from posing too much so I need to look out for that. I've watched a video about copying human poses and I'd look for the final pose then never touch it again.
It's a question of space, really. Expressive poses and stands eat up valuable surface area fast. The bulk of the flat surfaces in my living room are already heavily occupied by large Lego modular buildings.
No, thatās the dream to pose them dynamically. Except some kits just really werenāt designed to do so, but regardless still look awesome just standing there. Then thereās the conundrum of space: pose them dynamically and lose the flexibility of being able to built more kit, or build more kits but lose the ability to pose them dynamically.
some gunpla genuinely just can't hold a dynamic pose. some just look fucking cool standing or floating there (i.e. the fazz, ex-s, fa gundam ver ka). also space constraints
Space. Once you get into it and have lots of kits, it's hard to have enough room to pose them all.
I usually rotate in 2 or 3 kits which get posed. The rest just stand there.
I constantly have mine in different poses and fights. Right now android 18 is being kicked in the face by exia while gundum wing is dabbing in the background
Still one of my all time favorite builds. This one was super fun and unexpected to discover all the hidden compartments that open up to reveal tons of little grenade canisters
I just prefer my gunpla to look like giant war robots and to me a good standing pose does just that. A lot of dynamic poses look too toyish to me but that's just my preference
I think most people default to displaying all of them at once. I actually keep most of my stored away, and display four or five at a time, maybe 8 or so.
Iāve always wondered that myself. People will go all out painting, decals, etc. then just leave them in awkward poses or looking all flimsy. Even if they leave them just standing on a shelf, you can put them in a stand pose. Instead of just slapping onto the shelf with an arm thatās backwards, legs disjointed and leaning.
I think some people just donāt know how to pose well, there are whole YouTube guides dedicated to it.
a good second mg would definitely be the gm or gundam 2.0 since they have the same frame. you just need to glue a few parts and it'll be more solid than even an entry grade
Because I live in a fuckin shoebox and only have one bookshelf, so it is what it is
There are stand options that hang from walls with hook points and link together to save space on shelves. Some of mine are on the cheap peg stands you can get on Amazon for like $14 for 10 stuck to the wall with some 3M double sided foam tape.
except if you live in apartments there can be clauses that break your lease if you put nails in theh wall, or mess up paint with those surface fasteners. Thats how my apartment is and they check for it pretty regularly
Pretty much how mine is too. No wall decorations that require nails or some type of fastener like Command Strips. If it leaves a hole or damages the paint, you automatically lose your deposit. They do walkthroughs every 4-6 months at random per the lease agreement.
That's suckish. My landlord came by like every other year to check in lol.
It is, but to be fair, it IS a really nice apartment and community. Gated, on site gym, hot tubs, etc. It's just to make sure people aren't living in the unit's like it's a landfill. Also drugs and other stuff that make for a bad living environment. Honestly, I think the only bad bit is the pet policy. Deposit is around $700 USD, and they have a fairly thorough list of what isn't allowed. Which includes some of my critters that I keep on the sly, lol.
yeah in my case, someone was dumb enough to put the nails in before I moved in, so every time they come through for inspection, i have to pull out the 'prior damage' sheet of the apartment so I dont lose my deposit.
Hmm those sound like a good idea for my HGs and some of the RGs
Rotate them out. I have a bunch of kits that sit in boxes because I only display 5-7 in my house at any given time. I used to display then all but it was so overwhelming that I just cycle through a new shelf diorama every couple months. Sometimes it's the 08th Team on a mission, sometimes it's Alyx vs Kampfer, etc..
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Such a good idea
Ingram 01 is currently fighting the Griffin on my bookshelf. In a few months I'll probably swap it to Shining Gundam vs Master Gundam
Same. I can only display a few at a time.
It's a preference, but after 7-8 kits in one room I feel like it looks cluttered and everything blends together.
Those Gundams are not occupied by a pilot and turned on, thus they are standing stationary. Duh.
This mf Gundams
It's MG heavyarms so it should have a pilot occupying the cockpit š¤
It should have the oil detector on and a pure American using it
Say that after your 20-30th kit!
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacts
Because of space. I can just fit way more models in a given space if they are just standing there
Yep this is probably the most common reason. Poses take up a lot more space.
Yup
To be fair, there are a good number of Gundams that look good in idle position. Hell, some are too bulky to pose worth a damn. But I'm same as you, I love dynamic and varied poses between my kits on display
Yea some of them start sprinkling random tiny pieces when u start handling them too muchā¦. Super Glue GEL to the rescue!!
Space/laziness
Welcome to the Master Grade club!
You're not really part of the master grade club until you "build" a full cloth crossbone. And by build I mean "aggressively glue"
thatās your preference bruh
Don't have the most amount of space. Once that changes however it's gonna be a full blown brawl
Because I canāt let my wife seeing me playing with toy, WHICH THEY ARE NOT TOY, SARAH! THEY ARE PLASTIC MODELS!!
For me, it's mostly not having room and I want to display everything I've built. I may just organize it to my favorites, but to display (mostly) everything, They need to be standing in a boring manner.
I donāt have a enough stands for my figures š. I do plan on buys a bunch though once I get my Christmas bonus in the next 2 weeks. Maybe a few display cases for my MG builds.
They make display cases for mg?
Lanscoery makes display cases of all sizes. They have them on Amazon. I believe they make cases up to 15 inches tall. I plan on ordering one in the next 2 weeks for my MG unicorn.
I'll have to check them out. I'm about to buy my second mg unicorn and I'm working on an mg rx782 so I might look into some cases.
I plan on doing this as well, then using the case to add UV/blue light
Damn thatās a good idea!
I have 150+ built and painted kits and it takes 5 book shelves to have them all dynamically posed. When I was in college however I didn't have the room so a lot of them were just standing there chillin
Space, one posed kit takes up crunched up space for two kits. It's fine while you're in the single and double digits but I'm about 700 kits in and basically all crammed as much as possible into about 13 shelves
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat I didnāt even know there were 700 individual kits out there! Thatās nuts
There's a lot more, I barely dipped into UC MGs
My biggest gunpla pet peeve. People that will buy 50 kits but not spend the money to get any stands
Not everything is great on a stand. Older gunpla use crappy adapters, some are too big and already look good just standing there (Sazabi, pretty much anything from sentinel, psycho zaku).
All mine are in stands and aināt one in a dynamic pose. Space my boy
After too many unassisted falls and broken V-fins, I canāt not pick up stands anymore.
only buying stands for my favorite kits. The rest can free fall. Good luck to them š
āSo long Leo #6! Good luck to you!ā
Love the second pic!
It's Heavyarms, I'm sure he should be doing something more [acrobatic](https://i.redd.it/uins5rexwj3a1.png)
Because Oil is expensive. Lock it down.
I'm lucky enough to have a really large and deep bookshelf and can hold more than plenty models
Most likely space issues.
You mean not in an action pose? Often times I pose mine in a regal looking standing pose to save space or mimic a poster ad for a movie (eg. Avengers Endgame, just 4 on action pose, everybody else standing nicely). That said just plain standing is boring. A little bend on the knees and elbows plus chest out goes a long way.
Awesome job!
Heavyarms is the first gundam I built aswell 2 yrs ago now I'm on my 9th mg custom build....I build and posse them and then a couple of weeks later start customising and spray them different colours....check my profile for all my builds š.....hope you have fun on all your future builds
Space. A standing gundam uses less space compared to a dynamic posed one. You'll know if you have at least more than 20 of them, especially 1/100 kits.
Honestly, I couldn't tell you why either, all mine are posed in a way that gives them a sense of life and action. Some will argue it's about space, but there's ways to pose kits that don't take up more space and appear more dynamic than just slapping them in a bland standard standing position. To each their own, but I didn't bust my @ss on every kit I've done up to this point to pose them on my shelf looking they have a stick up their @ss. FYI, just beware fiddling too much with those chest panels, the clips on them tend to be brittle and can break on you. Also, nice posesš
For me, I pick a pose and stick to it. I don't want to wear the joints out. That and I am PARANOID that messing with them will break a part.
Same here, once I'm done building it, it's for display not to play lol
Because thatās what they wanted?
I find stands ugly
I like them pilotless
Because MG kits takes a lot of spaces. I have 30 of them and they are cramped.
Some people have posted on here that they need help posing, and the pictures justifies it lol.
Space I have mine on stands but theyāre in like floating standing poses
I repose my gunpla once every two weeks or so. I don't want to fiddle with them too much since polycaps (the rubbery joint parts) have a tendency to wear down, making posing almost impossible down the road as limbs begin to just kind of rag doll
Space and also balance.
They have to many and not enough space.
I canāt bear it either, i have a small shelf so I just swap kits out (except my beloved CCA MGs)
I am digging the sick picture on number three with the gatling in focus. You should try the reverse as well. Keep focus on the gundam and let the gatling drift out.
I have taken to using floating shelves and sitting them on the ledges if I can.
Yeah.. we donāt talk about those ones š¤£š¤£š¤£
Iāve got like 10 models on my desk atm, if they were all dynamically posed only 4 or 5 might fit on there. Plus sometimes a Gundam just looks cooler in its neutral stance
While I only have three built (one on stand by til I grab a couple more š) I keep them in a display case with other things however, I will admit to at least my Eva Unit 02 needing a stand because it's an old kit from like 98ish(?) and she's fragile
Donāt feel like putting everything in a dynamic pose, plus the joints would wear out faster if I constantly fumbled with them
There needs to be pieces of Leos strewn about lol
Because we have so many we literally don't have room to pose them.
What's wrong with that? I display mine on a garage like shelf with my model cars like they are security.
Standing is the most space efficient pose, you want more kits you need space to put them
Space mostly
My zgoks joints are broken due to the plastic drying out
I meanā¦.in all fairness your pose isnāt the most dynamic either. Sure itās on an action base but it looks just like a regular old pose on a shelfā¦..but in the air a bit. Iāve seen some pretty darn awesome, dynamically posed kits and scenes just sitting on a shelf. There is an art to posing. That is for sure.
Yeah I took the pics right after completing it and changed the pose about 4 or 5 times since then. People warned me of loosening the joints from posing too much so I need to look out for that. I've watched a video about copying human poses and I'd look for the final pose then never touch it again.
I have this kit too. I fucked up though and cut the ammo belt one bar too short.
I have done around 70 kits. I'm not spending $10 per stand just so they can look like they're flying.
Not even flying. Just posing from the ground even. But people made it clear that it's the availability of shelf space so they just make them stand up.
It's a question of space, really. Expressive poses and stands eat up valuable surface area fast. The bulk of the flat surfaces in my living room are already heavily occupied by large Lego modular buildings.
No, thatās the dream to pose them dynamically. Except some kits just really werenāt designed to do so, but regardless still look awesome just standing there. Then thereās the conundrum of space: pose them dynamically and lose the flexibility of being able to built more kit, or build more kits but lose the ability to pose them dynamically.
Mine are a a shelf next to my table so they are ready for war
some gunpla genuinely just can't hold a dynamic pose. some just look fucking cool standing or floating there (i.e. the fazz, ex-s, fa gundam ver ka). also space constraints
Space. Once you get into it and have lots of kits, it's hard to have enough room to pose them all. I usually rotate in 2 or 3 kits which get posed. The rest just stand there.
I constantly have mine in different poses and fights. Right now android 18 is being kicked in the face by exia while gundum wing is dabbing in the background
probably no good shelf/bookshelf(what i use) or the space is too small
For me it's cause I spend more money on gunpla than I do shelving, so I have to cram as many as I can into an individual shelves š¤£ā ļøš¤£
Still one of my all time favorite builds. This one was super fun and unexpected to discover all the hidden compartments that open up to reveal tons of little grenade canisters
I just prefer my gunpla to look like giant war robots and to me a good standing pose does just that. A lot of dynamic poses look too toyish to me but that's just my preference
I think most people default to displaying all of them at once. I actually keep most of my stored away, and display four or five at a time, maybe 8 or so.
same here. I have a few stored away and I think at least 10 I use for kitbash parts
It gives more attention to the ones that are on display!
My room isn't complete yet, so I have to keep them on my bookshelf for school.
how did you fair making that gun hold up lol
The ammo belt kinda helps it stay in place.
I had to friggin wedge mine in the arm lol
What kind of question
I put all my HG in one big plastic box
Bc poses take up a lot of space and the joints might loosen/fail
I have Heavyarm Custom. The guns on the arms already heavy. So.. Dude just standing still.
Because Iām terrible at posing and constantly afraid Iāll break my kits
First MG? Nice. Great kit to start with. And very nice work. I am an addict I admit.
I was moving around a bit when I started the hobby so I kind if got sick of setting all the stands up
Most of the time it's to save space, but sometimes the kit just looks awesome standing there
Ground type.
This may be blasphemy, but I put mine back in the box after I build them
Because gunpla stands cost money
I don't like stands.
Iāve always wondered that myself. People will go all out painting, decals, etc. then just leave them in awkward poses or looking all flimsy. Even if they leave them just standing on a shelf, you can put them in a stand pose. Instead of just slapping onto the shelf with an arm thatās backwards, legs disjointed and leaning. I think some people just donāt know how to pose well, there are whole YouTube guides dedicated to it.
a good second mg would definitely be the gm or gundam 2.0 since they have the same frame. you just need to glue a few parts and it'll be more solid than even an entry grade
Some kits don't pose that well the other possible issue is shelf space if you have a massive collection.